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| Uri Orlev |
It`s Hard to Be a Lion |
| Children |
Tel Aviv, Am Oved, 1990. 111 pp.
Ages 9-14
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This is a fantastic story about a man in Jerusalem who turns into a lion. You can see it as a modern version of the Beauty and the Beast, or else with a moral along the lines of "Don’t try to be something you are not," but above all, it is an amusing adventure story.
One day, the hero`s dog turns his master into a lion with a human mind, and this is the start of an adventure that spans three continents. The lion becomes famous in Jerusalem, then he goes to conquer New York and realize the American dream. He makes a lot of money, but he also gets kidnapped by an unscrupulous scientist, after which he goes to Africa to live in the wild with other lions. One day, a beautiful Israeli student of lions comes to Africa, and our hero rescues her from the jaws of a leopard. At that moment, he regains his human form, and the two return to Israel and get married.
Illustrations: Yossi Abolafia.
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